| Allow users to follow another user's presence, then notify them of availability |
Select a user's avatar/profile picture anywhere in new Teams to quickly get an overview of their status, next available calendar slot, work hours, local time, or work location. |
| Contacts in chat |
There will no longer be access to Contacts from Chat. The new People app will now be used; pin it to your left navigation pane. |
| Windows notification |
Teams notifications are now fully served from Teams and all notifications preferences are handled within Teams Settings. |
| Ability to save messages and files in Teams |
The Save feature will no longer be available. However, classic Teams users can download their saved messages and files to a local folder that they can open in new Teams. |
| Teams Theme Setting |
Teams Theme setting follows the OS Theme by default. Users can change this default in the Appearance and Accessibility section in the Teams Settings. |
| Look up an organizational chart while in a 1:1 chat |
Select a user's avatar/profile picture anywhere in Teams and navigate to the organizational chart within the profile card. |
| Settings dialog |
Teams Settings is now an app accessed from the More options menu in the title bar. |
| General appearance changes |
Colors, tooltip styles, and general appearance have been updated. |
| Post level notifications within a channel |
Users can no longer opt in or opt out of receiving notifications at a channel post level. |
| Search box commands |
The following commands are no longer available in the search box: /activity, /files, /goto, /help, /join, /keys, /mentions, /org, /saved, /testcall, /unread, /whatsnew, /who, /pop |
| Adding a Wiki to a channel tab |
There will no longer be a Wiki app. Instead, users can select the Notes app. |
| Adding third party cloud storage service from Files app and Files tab in channels |
Users will no longer see "Add cloud storage" in the OneDrive app on Teams' left navigation bar or within the Files tab in Teams channels. Users can now add the third party storage app directly from the Teams App Store.
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| Adding a document library (DocLib) app to a tab in channels |
Use Sharepoint instead, then add the document library from there as a tab to the channel. Existing document libraries automatically convert to a SharePoint document library on first use. |
| Activity tab in chat |
No longer available. |
| Look up LinkedIn while in a 1:1 chat |
Select a user's avatar/profile picture anywhere in Teams and navigate to the LinkedIn tab within the profile card. |
| Edit team name and change team picture from Edit team view |
Team owners can edit team name and change team picture in the Team Settings tab by selecting More options > Manage team. |
| Ability to choose EDU themed team avatar from a list in the Edit team view in Microsoft Teams for Education |
No longer available. |
| Files app on Teams left navigation pane |
The OneDrive app replaces the Files app. |
| Ability to use tags in the "Add member" dialog |
There is now an advanced flow for tags. |
| About links in the More options menu |
They are now in the Settings app under the About Teams category. |
| Help in the app bar |
It is now located under the More options menu in the title bar |
| Ability to sign out from the notification area at the far right of the taskbar (system tray) |
No longer available. |
| Adaptive Card-based tabs in personal app tabs |
No longer available. |
| Whiteboard Tab automatically displayed in meeting tabs |
Using Recap tab from the calendar allows you to access the Whiteboard file shared in the meeting in the content section. |
| Third-party and custom sign-in solutions using RunAs or undocumented hooks |
No longer available. |
| App name is Microsoft Teams classic, except for Windows 11, where it's Microsoft Teams classic (work or school) |
Microsoft Teams (work or school) app name is changing to Microsoft Teams. |
| Presenter Mode (standout) during PowerPoint Live sharing |
Presenter mode is no longer available. To use presenter modes, start a screen sharing session and choose one of the three available modes. |